Since then I worked with individuals and families within various settings including: hospice, adult in-patient psychiatric care, child welfare, juvenile justice authority counseling and school social work. This has afforded me the ability to serve people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life....
Nursing An Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Program Among Psychiatric Patients In Big Spring State Hospital BRANDMAN UNIVERSITY Sedi Minaie SulatanShirlene MSafety in the hospital setting is a high priority, which includes falls prevention as a quality improvement goal of every health care organization....
(TBSA) full-thickness burn. The individual had a complex psychiatric record identified as having personality disorder, anxiety and depression. A 55-year-old lady presented with a self-inflicted remaining forearm full-thickness burn (0.5% TBSA). This is five times after the preliminary damage from...
The primary outcome measure of the study is fall rate. Participants will keep a falls calendar for 6 months post intervention. Consistent with the recommendations of the Prevention of Falls Network Europe (ProFaNE), a fall will be defined as “an unexpected event in which the participant comes...
Inclusion criteria for participants were: 1) represent diversesettings, 2) masters degree or greater, 3) leader in psychiatric nursing or inpatient nursing care; 4) fall prevention expertise (e.g., instrument development; leader for falls prevention project).After approval by the appropriate ...
Acute Care Patient Falls: Evaluation of a Revised Fall Prevention Program Following Comporative Analysis of Psychiatric and Medical Patient Falls. Appl Nurs Res 2012; 25 (2): 68-74.Yates, K. M., & Tart, R. C. (2012). Acute care patient falls: Evaluation of a revised fall prevention ...
Another barrier is the stigma associated with brain surgery for psychiatric illness. The reasons behind this stigma are complicated, and some factors have historical roots. In the early to mid-1900s, destructive, dangerous andnot very effective brain surgeries such as lobotomieswere performed routinely...